DRIVER OBSERVANCE OF TRAFFIC LIGHT SIGNALS. REPORT TO THE TRAFFIC AUTHORITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES

The authors of this report form the inter-departmental working group on driver observance of traffic light signals, which was established in 1979 to examine proposals contained in a report to the Traffic Authority of New South Wales entitled "A Proposal to Improve Driver Observance at Traffic Signals" (Messiter, GF). This report is reproduced as Appendix A. The working group's review of the proposals was carried out in five sections, and five technical papers were produced. These papers are reproduced as Appendices B to F. They are: Appendix B--An Assessment of Running the Red Signal as a Traffic Problem (Croft, PG); Appendix C--Literature Review (Hallam, CE); Appendix D--Law Enforcement and Proposed Changes in Traffic Legislation (Walden, NJ); Appendix E--Determination of Intergreen Time at Phase Changes (Hulscher, FR); Appendix F--Motivational Factors Affecting Driver Observance at Traffic Light Signals (Saffron, DG). (TRRL)

• Corporate Authors:

  New South Wales Department of Main Roads,Australia

  309 Castlereagh Street
  Sydney, New South Wales 2000,   Australia 
• Authors:
  • HULSCHER, F R
  • Walden, N J
  • CROFT, P G
  • Hallam, C E
  • Saffron, D G
• Publication Date: 1980-5

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: n.p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Compliance; Crashes; Crimes; Drivers; Green interval (Traffic signal cycle); Intersections; Law enforcement; Motivation; Red; Red interval (Traffic signal cycle); Reviews; Teams; Traffic control; Traffic law enforcement; Traffic regulations; Traffic signal cycle; Traffic signals; Workshops; Yellow; Yellow interval (Traffic signal cycle)
• Geographic Terms: Australia
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 559: Amber light; 8006: Australia; 9001: Behaviour; 576: Cycle (traffic signals); 1772: Driver; 1534: Enforcement (law); 455: Junction; 1516: Offence; 539: Red light; 654: Traffic control; 1544: Traffic regulations; 565: Traffic signal; 9090: Working group
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00367478
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Dec 30 1982 12:00AM